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NoSQL vs. NewSQL: What’s the difference?
Key TakeawaysNoSQL is a broad category of database technologies that emerged due to frustrations with the cost and inflexibility of…
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Read Repair – a solution to eventual consistency?
Key TakeawaysEventual Consistency (EC) can lead to data being ‘wrong,’ which is acceptable in some use cases but problematic when…
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An intern’s experience at Volt Active Data: Partial snapshots, YCSB benchmark
Key TakeawaysImproved partial snapshot feature by handling edge cases like non-existing tables and ensuring data consistency.Enabled restoring from multiple partial…
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Optimizing client APIs – an intern’s story
Key TakeawaysYuxuan Chen, a Brown University CS master’s student, interned at Volt Active Data, focusing on optimizing client APIs, deployment,…
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New Go language driver available for Volt Active Data
Key TakeawaysA fully featured, high-performance Volt Active Data client for the Go language is now available, comparable to the Java…
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Fast Data vs. Big Data – Is it the classic case of David vs. Goliath?
Key TakeawaysThe interplay between fast data and big data ecosystems is mutually beneficial and necessary.Fast data enables businesses to act…
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Lies, Damned Lies and “Eventual Consistency”
Key TakeawaysEventual consistency is a technique to scale updates to large databases, allowing temporary discrepancies before settling on a correct…
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Volt Active Data 6.4 Passes Official Jepsen Testing
Key TakeawaysVolt Active Data hired Kyle Kingsbury (creator of Jepsen Tests) to build a stronger Jepsen test specifically for Volt…
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The two types of databases: Defines the World, or Reacts to the World
Key TakeawaysDatabases either ‘Define the World’ (like Amazon.com) or ‘React to the World’ (like IoT applications).’Reacts to the World’ systems…
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The role of a fast database in the NFV revolution
Key TakeawaysInnovation in telecommunications has been hardware-led, causing vendor lock-in and slow progress.The telecom industry is adopting Software Defined Networking…
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From the Internet of People to the IoT and the Analytics of Things – industry examples
Key TakeawaysThe Internet of Things (IoT) has surpassed Big Data in the Hype Cycle and is projected to deliver significant…
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Do you have an IoT checklist?
Key TakeawaysConsumer IoT ideas need to be either totally new or 10x better than existing solutions to succeed.Successful IoT projects…